Arab leaders have to find ways to heal wounds and put the Arab world in its rightful place, former prime minister and foreign minister of Qatar HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani has said.

A Doha misdemeanour court has sentenced a man in absentia to one year in jail for fraudulently seizing QR200,000 from an Arab expatriate man.

The largest study to date of the genetic makeup of parasitic worms has found hundreds of new clues about how they invade the human body, evade its immune system and cause disease.

Needles, first found in strawberries produced by one supplier in Queensland, are now turning up around the country.

The anti-graft court ruled that the Sharif family bought properties in London with the money plundered from Pakistan in the 1990s.

The court in the Belgian capital said "there can be no doubt" about jihadist Salah Abdeslam and his co-defendant Sofiane Ayari's involvement in extremism.

An Indian court on Friday adjourned a bail plea by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan so that he can fight a five-year jail term for killing endangered wildlife.

Judge Charles Haddon-Cave said Ahmed Hassan had constructed a homemade bomb "to kill as many members of the British public as possible".

Qatar and Sudan yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for partnership in the field of public prosecution with a view to exchanging information on laws, regulations, provisions and criminal justice systems, as well as to co-operate in the field of training of prosecutors.

Twelve young adults lie stretched out on rubber mats in the windowless shed that is the Apostolic Light Mission Church in Kangemi, a slum in the Nairobi capital.

Meltdown and Spectre

The regular Cabinet meeting, chaired by HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, yesterday approved a draft law that regulates investments by non-Qataris in the economy and agreed to refer it to the Advisory Council.